OUR SURROGATE STORIES

September,2019

My sister found out that she may have trouble trying to conceive a 2nd child. I wanted her to have as many children as she wanted and told her that I would surrogate for her. After some time she decided more children was not for her since she had her step son and biological son and she was happy.After a few years, I ran into a representative of Babytree Surrogacy at the county fair. We got to talking and I felt like if I could do this for my sister then I could do it for another person wanting to have a family! 

Meeting the parents, in person, after delivering the twins. They were so excited and happy and thankful to me. Seeing the joy on their faces made it so memorable and worth it to me!

The simplicity of the transfer! It was surprisingly unremarkable

I feel like, because I am such an easy person to match with, I didn’t have to go through as much as we girls do. I am open to all sexes, religions, diet restrictions etc, so matched with my first potentials.

The worst part about screening was the blood drawing and that didn’t even phase me since I’ve been donating blood since I was 15! The process itself can be a little tedious, but in the long run it’s nothing really!

 Meeting the parents was a little awkward but with Patrick translating and an open mind, it was a good time to ask any questions about concerns or specifics about the parents requests and for them to ask about you.

Organization wise I put everything on my calendar on the wall, as well as in my phone calendar. I kept my needles, syringes, vials, gauze, and alcohol swabs in containers.My husband helped give me shots when he was home, but I did them on the rare occasion he wasn’t. The stomach ones were easy, but reaching around to my upper buttock was a little more difficult to reach ????

 The embryo transfer was almost a let down in a sense. I thought it would be more… dramatic? It was so simple and minimalBeing able to stay in a hotel the night before and after was so nice and peaceful. And the accupuncture was reading!

 Looking forward to doing my 2nd journey and see the looks on the parents face when they meet their baby!

My pregnancy was a little hard because I was carrying twins. I got heavier a lot faster and that made doing anything a lot harder than with my own singleton pregnancies. It was still totally worth it but my 2nd journey I plan on only a singleton

I let my family know ahead of time at a family function. I said “I want you all to know that I will be getting pregnant next month but it is not my husband’s” after a few initial questions about process and if the baby was in any way genetically mine, they were all very excited and proud. When strangers asked, I was very candid and open with my responses. Usually I was approached with, “awww how far along are you?” And I would respond with “X weeks,twins, but they aren’t mine” if they asked more questions I explained and answered.

 My kids were much older, 9 and 12. I explained that I would be carrying babies for a mom that could not. That they would not be their brothers or sisters because the drs took the dad’s sperm and the moms egg and made them an embryo. All I would be is an incubator, like when their grandpa incubated the chicken eggs. They were super understanding, and very helpful during the pregnancy and my recuperation after birth. My intended parents stayed nearby and we regularly visited and ate dinner with them.

Delivery was a little bit of a surprise as the girls entered the world earlier than my planned C-section. That resulted in the nurses attempting to stop my labor and get me into the OR for an emergency c-section. Otherwise everything happened as expected. Recovery without infant(s) is MUCH easier to do!

 I felt very accomplished seeing how happy they were with their girls. They were so ready and wanted so badly to be parents and it was so fulfilling to see their wish become a reality.

  I didn’t even bring a hospital bag ???? I wish I had my carmex and my own hair wash. 

 They used to send me pictures fairly regularly, like almost every week, now we talk about every month still 

 Mostly greetings and talking to them like they had the whole time in my womb ???? my mother in law made the burp rags, carseats covers and booboo bags.

 The representative was super friendly and informative. The office girls are very supportive of us and check in with us regularly throughout our entire journey. Even now over a year after delivery, I get asked how I am, and got a birthday and Christmas gift.During my journey, pre covid-19, we had weekly events for surrogates only as well as family events monthly. Making all of our surrogates super close. I’ve made many friends through this agency that I may never have met had the agency not done supportive group events with us. It helped to know I had a group of women I could go to if I was struggling and they could come to me if they were.

I would love to work with parents who are super involved. I’m a sharer and I want to allow them to be as involved as they want, ultrasounds, drs appts, support meetings or even just hanging out!

 I used my previous compensation to pay off my debts and buy myself a much need new to me vehicle

 Ask any question! It’s valid!

 Because I can and I want to help more people become parents and fulfill that dream

Very happy experience